Chris Murphy: “You know, before I was joined by my illustrious colleagues here this evening, one of actually our more helpful…”

“You know, before I was joined by my illustrious colleagues here this evening, one of actually our more helpful colleagues on the other side was talking about words are one thing and actions are another. Words are one thing and votes are something else. Ms. Wasserman Schultz, you are pointing out when this comes down to it, when we had the chance to gather together and link arms and be one as Republicans and Democrats, our friends on the other side of the aisle didn't join us. There have been plenty of opportunities for that to happen, for us, as Mr. Ryan says, to do what our constituents want and put politics aside. As I said at the outset, the pumps don't care if you are a Republican or a Democrat. The pumps don't care if you voted for Chris Murphy or not. They are going to charge you the same thing one way or another. I think Mr. Altmire is right. Maybe they have the best intentions at heart. But it is a pretty simplistic solution to a pretty complex problem: Drill more, drill more. Again, you are just feeding the beast. You are continuing to perpetuate a monopoly on energy that offers no real competition. What you need is not competition between Exxon and Mobil. You need competition between oil and electric, between biodiesel and gasoline. That is what you need competition among. That is how you are going to solve this thing in the end. But so long as the solution to high oil prices is just more oil and nothing else, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr.…”